filmmaker

noun

film·​mak·​er ˈfilm-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce filmmaker (audio)
: one who makes motion pictures

Examples of filmmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web By making Barrett’s ailment a focal point and giving it specific importance, the filmmakers end making their film disjointed. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024 Instead of casting actors to play the adult survivors, the filmmakers invited the family members of the original Kindertransport children to be in the studio audience. Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024 The Swiss watchmaker worked closely on the development of the Bond watch with Daniel Craig and the James Bond filmmakers. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2024 The grief and shock of the tragedy propelled the filmmakers into an unknown creative realm. Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024 OpenAI says Sora should be thought of as a tool for video creators, allowing filmmakers, video game engineers, and animators to do more. Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024 The filmmakers did an amazing job of making sure I was taken care of on set. Pam Moore, C.p.t., SELF, 13 Mar. 2024 Here, the filmmakers follow their subjects through the continuous process of invention and reinvention, discovery and rediscovery, offering a series of remarkably intimate portraits along the way. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024 Also, notwithstanding the zeitgeist and issue-based dramas, these filmmakers are concerned about ordinary people’s day-to-day lives. John Hopewell, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of filmmaker was in 1908

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“Filmmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filmmaker. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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